The Crew Dragon spacecraft, which made a nine-day commercial flight to the International Space Station (ISS), successfully returned to Earth. axiom space.
About 12 hours after leaving the ISS, the SpaceX ship opened its main parachutes, entering the dense layers of the atmosphere at an altitude of about five and a half kilometers. A few minutes later, Crew Dragon landed in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida, USA.
The flight of the Crew Dragon manned spacecraft was carried out under the Axiom-2 commercial program. The crew commander is former NASA astronaut and first female ISS commander Peggy Whitson, pilot businessman John Schoffner, and crew members are Saudi Arabian astronauts Ryan Barnawi and Ali al-Karni. The astronauts worked with the permanent crew of the orbital station for eight days.
Previously reportedShe said Ryan Barnawi will be the first Saudi and Arab woman in space, and also the first Muslim woman. Ali al-Qarni will be the first Saudi astronaut on the ISS.